So the Patrick Reed-Jordan Spieth showdown at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play didn’t exactly match the hype, but the finish befit what we might expect.

Spieth started off the Friday tilt for a spot in the Round of 16 with some extreme sloppiness. He flailed his opening tee shot out of bounds and pulled his approach at No. 2 into a hazard. A pair of opening double bogeys there allowed Reed to cruise to a 2-up lead.

Eventually, things got on track. By the 10th, Spieth was stuffing his approach to tap-in range for birdie and squaring the match. Reed didn’t back down. A Spieth bogey at 11 allowed Reed to move 1 up, and Reed birdied 13 to move 2 up. He was 3 up through 15 before Spieth took the 16th.

With Spieth needing to win the last two holes to halve the match and force a playoff between the two for a Round of 16 spot, Reed was not going to allow that to happen.

Reed faced a birdie putt of 40+ feet from off the green at Austin Country Club’s par-3 17th. If he made it, the match was over and he was onto the Round of 16.

Maybe this match was sloppier than we wished – aside from that ghastly opening stretch, both missing putts inside 5 feet at the 12th is something you would never expect from this pair – but it was still nice to see them face off and at least we got this finish.